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A Nation Dividing

A Nation Dividing. Section 2. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 Required all citizens to help catch runaways. If you aided a fugitive you could be fined or imprisoned. The law divided the North and South even more More northerners take a stand against slavery.

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A Nation Dividing

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  1. A Nation Dividing Section 2

  2. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 • Required all citizens to help catch runaways. • If you aided a fugitive you could be fined or imprisoned. • The law divided the North and South even more • More northerners take a stand against slavery. • Slave catchers even seized African Americans who were always free. • Resistance to the Law • Northerners refuse to obey law • Northern juries refuse to convict those accused of breaking the law • Underground Railroad grows—Antislavery groups increase

  3. The Kansas-Nebraska Act • Franklin Pierce becomes President in 1853 • Support and enforces the Fugitive Slave Act B. Stephen Douglas wanted to encourage settlement west in hopes of building a transcontinental Railroad 1. Wants to open up the Kansas and Nebraska Territories 2. Both territories lay north of the 36’ 30’ line of the Missouri Compromise and should be free 3. Douglas knew the South would reject all this new Free Territory. 4. Douglas proposes throwing out the Missouri Compromise and allowing the people to decide for themselves. a. Popular Sovereignty

  4. C. Passage of the Act 1. Northerners protest against the Act 2. Act would allow slavery into areas without slaves for over 30 years. 3. Southerners in Congress provide solid support, along with some Northern Democrats, and President Pierce. 4. Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May 1854 D. Division Grows 1. Northern Democrats in the House split on the vote, showing division within the party 2. Sam Houston, senator from Texas, declared the bill will divide the entire nation.

  5. Conflict in Kansas • Proslavery and Antislavery groups rushed into Kansas. • Large groups from the slave state Missouri sneak into Kansas just to vote in the Kansas elections---Border Ruffians • Kansas passed proslavery laws—even forbidding Antislavery people from running for office. • Antislavery groups arm them selves and form their own government. • Franklin Pierce and the Senate recognize the Proslavery Government • The House of Rep. recognized the Antislavery government

  6. G. Bleeding Kansas 1. May 1856, 800 slavery supporters attacked the town of Lawrence, the antislavery capital. 2. John Brown, an extreme abolitionist who believed God had chosen him to end slavery, kills 5 supporters of slavery. 3. Armed bands from both sides start roaming the territory attacking each other 4. Newspapers begin calling it “Bleeding Kansas” 5. Kansas fights a Mini-Civil War 6. Fighting doesn’t stop until federal troops are finally sent in

  7. H. Violence in Congress 1. Abolitionist senator Charles Sumner of Mass. speaks out against proslavery forces in Kansas and senator Andrew Butler of South Carolina. 2. Butler’s cousin, Representative Preston Brooks, attacks Sumner with a cane. Hitting him in the head and shoulders. 3. His injuries are so bad that he doesn’t return to the Senate for several years. 4. This action revealed the rising level of hostility between the North and South.

  8. The law that required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people • Removal Act • Fugitive Slave Act • Runaway Act • Slave Owners Act [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

  9. These groups bought freedom for enslaved people • Antislavery groups

  10. What two numbers were the latitude line that divided the nation under the Missouri Compromise • 36 30

  11. What do we call it when the people get to decide the issue of slavery? • Popular sovereignty

  12. Which act did Sam Houston predict would “convulse the country from Maine to the Rio Grande • Missouri-Maine Act • Texas-Maine Act • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Missouri Compromise [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

  13. What event caused the death of over 200 people? • Bleeding Kansas

  14. Missourians who traveled in armed groups to cross the border and vote in elections became know as • Border ruffians • Border voters • Border patrol • Missouri Compromise [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

  15. Who was the most violent abolitionist? • John Brown

  16. Rival proslavery and antislavery governments existed in • Missouri • California • Texas • Kansas [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

  17. A war between citizens of the same country is called • A cold war • An undeclared war • A civil war • A country war [Default] [MC Any] [MC All]

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